Recalls and Alerts: July 7, 2011

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Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

United States

• Food Safety Recall: Warabeya U.S.A., Inc. (Honolulu, HI) recalls 7-Eleven brand convenience meals (Produced June 28, 2011; Best eaten by 06/30/11 11:30 AM), because the meals may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products, which include 7-Eleven Fried Chicken Bento, 7-Eleven Teriyaki Chicken Bento, 7-Eleven Breakfast Scramble Bowl, 7-Eleven Big Bento and 7-Eleven Little Smokies Snack Pack, were distributed to retail stores in Hawaii.


• Food Safety Recall: Old Home Foods (New Brighton, MA) recalls Old Home Cottage Cheese (12, 24 and 32-oz packs; Expiration date: August 1), because the cheese may spoil prior to the expiration date. The recalled cottage cheese was supplied to Rainbow stores (part of Roundy's Supermarkets' Inc.), and may also have been shipped elsewhere.


• Water Safety Alert: The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Grand River Dam Authority have recently confirmed the presence of blue-green algae in at least four sections of Grand Lake. Exposure to blue-green algae may cause human illness.


• Outbreak Alert: The Texas Department of State Health Services alerts residents of Maverick County to take precautions against shigellosis after more than 50 cases of Shigella-related diarrhea were confirmed during May and June. The number of confirmed cases is 25 times higher than the usual number reported during this time of year.


• Outbreak Alert Update: As of July 5, 2011, CDC has confirmed reports of 25 cases of Salmonella Enteritis from 5 states: Idaho (3), Montana (10), New Jersey (1), North Dakota (1) and Washington (10). Epidemiological investigation linked the outbreak to consumption of alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts from Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC (Moyie Springs, ID). The company has recalled certain lots of its alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts.

Europe

• Allergy Alert (France): Société Auchan recalls Ravioli aux 3 fromage/3-Cheese Ravioli (250g; Best before 03.07.11), because some of the packages may contain meat ravioli instead; the meat ravioli stuffing contains celery, which is not declared on the cheese ravioli label.


• Food Safety Recall (Finland): Siam House Ky withdraws Monika Fish Sauce (Product of Philippines; Batch code 8233; Best before 05.02.2012), because the product was found to contain excessive amounts of preservative.


• Food Recall (Greece): EFET announces that Croissant Panini dolce (150g; Expiry 16/7/11) has been recalled. Please see the EFET web site for details, as the automatic translator is not functioning.


• Outbreak Alert Update (France - E. coli O157): Four new patients, including a 7-month-old infant, have been hospitalized in Lille, bringing the total number of hemolytic uremic syndrome cases in the Steak Country outbreak to ten.


• Pet Food Safety Notification (EU #2011.0900): Salmonella Senftenberg in dog chew from Switzerland; distributed to Austria.


• Animal Feed Safety Notification (EU #2011.0902): Salmonella Senftenberg in soya meal from Argentina, via the Netherlands; distributed to Belgium.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Outbreak Alert (Hong Kong): The Centre for Health Protection reports a confirmed case of cholera (Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa) in a 25-year-old man who has no history of recent travel. The man is in stable condition in the isolation ward of Princess Margaret Hospital.

Some supermarket chains post recall notices on their web sites for the convenience of customers. To see whether a recalled food was carried by your favorite supermarket, follow the live link to the supermarket's recall web site.

• A&P


• Big Y® World Class Market®


• BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.


• Bloom


• Brookshire's


• Costco Wholesale Corporation (US stores)


• Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.


• EDEKA (Germany)


• Food City


• Food Lion


• Giant Food LLC


• Gros Cidac (Italy)


• Hannaford Brothers Co.


• Harris Teeter


• H-E-B


• The Kroger Company*


• Lucky Supermarkets


• Price Chopper


• Publix


• Raley's


• Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.


• Sainsbury's


• ShopRite


• Stop & Shop


• Sweetbay Supermarkets


• Target


• Top Food & Drug


• Tops Friendly Markets


• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.


• Wegmans


• Whole Foods Market


• WinCo Foods


• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

*The Kroger umbrella encompasses numerous supermarket, marketplace and convenience store chains, listed on the Kroger corporate home page.

Outbreaks and Alerts: December 9, 2010

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United States

• Midland, TX. December 2nd: The Midland Health Department reported Thursday it has observed more than 10 times the typical number of Shigella diarrhea cases since October – 53 versus the expected incidence of 3-4 per month.
• Gibbon, MN. December 7th: State Agriculture Department investigators have seized several hundred gallons of raw milk and other food produced by Mark Hartmann's dairy farm in defiance of a state order to halt production at the farm. Raw milk produced at Hartmann's farm was the source of eight cases of E. coli O157:H7 in May and several other instances of gastroenteritis in July and August.
• Boise, ID. December 8th: Health officials have found evidence of E. coli at a privately run prison south of Boise after five inmates at the Idaho Correctional Center became ill around December 1st.
• Bellaire, MI. December 8th: The Northwest Michigan Health Department has issued a norovirus advisory for the region. Health workers suspect that norovirus was behind two outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Grand Traverse County in October - one linked to a company luncheon and the other at a day care center.
• Maine. December 9th: The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC has issued a norovirus health advisory after receiving reports of five outbreaks from four counties in the last 10 days. Four of the outbreaks occurred in long term care facilities, and the fifth was in a school setting.
• Washington, DC. December 9th: EPA has published a petition filed by 82 public health and environmental groups to ban the antibacterial agent triclosan for nonmedical use. A 60-day comment period has been announced.
• Brown County, Kansas. December 9th: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Willis and portions of the City of Horton after a loss of water pressure was reported in the public water system.

Canada

• Peterborough, ON. December 8th: The Peterborough Regional Health Centre continues to restrict visitors to its B3 medical unit, due to an outbreak of Clostridium difficile, MRSA and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. No new cases have been identified.

Europe

• Llandudno, Wales. December 8th: Badgers Café is facing five hygiene and cleanliness charges after an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT14b last year.
• Wiltshire, UK. December 8th: Churchfields School remains closed as investigations continue into an illness outbreak, thought to be due to norovirus. Twenty-four staff members are absent with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
• Liverpool, UK. December 8th: Banks Road Primary School in Garston is experiencing an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis. About 55 of the 209 pupils are affected.
• UK. December 9th: The Health Protection Agency has recorded 43 outbreaks of norovirus in hospitals since the beginning of November. Thirty-nine of the outbreaks have led to ward closures.
• Saint-Michel, France. December 9th: A 14-year old student at Puygrelier College has been hospitalized and 143 are ill with food poisoning. A meal served to the students on Tuesday is suspected to be the source of the outbreak. Lab analyses are in progress.
• Östersund, Sweden. December 9th: The municipality believes that it has found the source of the Campylobacter contamination in its municipal water system. The parasite is thought to have entered the system in a multi-family dwelling in the Odensala neighborhood of Östersund.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Putrajaya, Malaysia. December 8th: The Health Ministry has ordered a probe of the waters of the Kenyir Lake to determine the extent to which it is contaminated with E. coli, following media reports of high levels of the bacteria having been found in the waters of the lake by a study undertaken by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.
• Morogoro, Tanzania. December 8th: Four people have died and 58 were hospitalized in a new outbreak of cholera. The first cases in the area were reported two weeks ago.
• Singapore. December 9th: Cordial drinks and chicken frank rolls were suspected to have caused the mass food poisoning incident at the Singapore Sports School canteen last month which affected 106 students. A sample of chicken frank rolls was found to contain low levels of Bacillus cereus, and one of the food handlers also tested positive for Salmonella.
• Cebu, Philippines. December 9th: The number of reported cases of typhoid fever continue to rise in two villages of Alegria. At least 30 residents have been hospitalized; 160 are experiencing symptoms of typhoid. Contaminated water is suspected to be the source of the outbreak.

Outbreaks and Alerts: October 21, 2010

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United States

• San Diego County, CA. October 18-20: The County issued Boil Water Orders for the Warner Unified School District and Camp Barrett on October 18th after coliforms were found in their drinking water systems. The Warner Order was lifted on October 20th.
• Springfield, IL. October 19th: The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is advising residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells in the Marquette Heights (Tazewell County) area to test their water for possible groundwater contamination. Routine testing of Marquette Heights community water supply wells by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) indicates that 1,1,1-trichloroethane could be present in the area’s private wells.
• Carlsbad, CA. October 20th: Signs warning of sewage contamination are posted at Carlsbad State Beach access points from 1,000 feet north and south of Encina Creek Outlet as a result of a 2,310 gallon sewage spill from a main at 6200 Avenida Encinas in Carlsbad.

Canada

• Ottawa, ON. October 19th: The Government of Canada has appealed to industry members to voluntarily stop production, importation and sale of children's jewelery made with cadmium or cadmium-containing materials.

Europe

• West Fife, UK. October 19th: Four children who attend a West Fife nursery have been confirmed to be suffering from a Salmonella Group B infection. None of the children are seriously ill. The source of the infections has not yet been found.
• Tabasalu, Estonia. October 19th: Thirteen children and one assistant teacher at a Tabasalu nursery school have been infected with Salmonella in this small town outside of Tallinn. Five of the children were hospitalized. It is thought that the source of the infections may have been a batch of scrambled eggs.
• Reykjavik, Iceland. October 20th: A Lufthansa flight on its way from New York to Munich landed in Iceland early Wednesday to disembark five passengers who were reportedly suffering from food poisoning. The plane took off 3 1/2 hours later, leaving the sick passengers behind.
• Gorlovka, Russia. October 20th: Four people – three children and a 30-year old woman – were treated for food poisoning in an emergency room after eating cake purchased at a Gorlovka store.
• Glasgow, Scotland. October 21st: A ward at Gartnavel Hospital remains closed following the deaths of two patients suffering from Clostridium difficile. Five other patients on the ward at Gartnavel General Hospital have been diagnosed with the same microbe.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Puducherry, India. October 15th: Twenty students at a government higher secondary school complained of nausea shortly after drinking milk supplied under a free breakfast program. It was alleged that a lizard had fallen into the milk.
• Guangxi, China. October 16th: Two camellia oil firms in China's Guangxi – Molaoye Food Co. Ltd. and Jinchawang Oil Co. Ltd. – were ordered to suspend production after their products were found to contain excessive benzo(a)pyrene. The companies are working to recall the questionable products.
• Taiwan. October 18th: On September 30, 2010, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced an imported case of shigellosis. The is a 40-year-old male who travelled to Changsha City, Hunan Province, China with a tour group from September 16 to 23. On September 20, the case subsequently developed symptoms such as fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Three other members of the tour group had symptoms of diarrhea during the trip. Epidemiological investigations point to drinks consumed during the trip as a possible source of the infections.
• Henan, China. October 18th: Twelve members of a family were diagnosed with thallium poisoning. Four of the victims are in critical condition. Tainted baking soda is suspected as the source of the poisoning. The victims are undergoing dialysis to help remove the thallium from their blood.
• Beijing, China. October 18th: The government has released a draft regulation that would require manufacturers of baby formula in China to test each batch of raw materials and their finished products for melamine.
• Hong Kong. October 18th: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has conducted a targeted surveillance on the microbiological quality of Chinese cold dishes to assess the safety of these food items. The CFS announced that the test results were all satisfactory.
• Hong Kong. October 18th: The Department of Health reminds the public not to buy or consume unlabeled slimming products from the Internet as they may contain undeclared western medicines dangerous to health.
• Nepal. October 20th: Two persons have died of diarrhea in the Dang district and dozens more are suffering from diarrhea that started during the Dashain festival. Two people also have died in the Dolakha district and more than 30 have developed diarrhea.
• Sangli, India. October 20th: Two people died of food poisoning after they consumed chapattis made of bajra flour that was mixed with pesticides.
• Awutu Bawjiase, Ghana. October 20th: The Awutu Bawjiase Health Centre has recorded 16 cases of diarrhea in the past two weeks.
• Beijing, China. October 21st: The poor quality of natural water resources and devastating pollution threaten the safety of drinking water for millions of inhabitants across vast areas of rural China, according to a report released by the Ministry of Water Resources and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
• Dhaka, Bangladesh. October 21st: In the past week, thousands of cases of diarrhea were admitted to the International Center for Diarrhea Disease and Research in Dhaka. Approximately 500 patients suffering from severe diarrhea are being seen daily.

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Berbice, Guyana. October 18th: Nearly 100 guests at a retreat hosted by the 'B' Division Community Policing Group were hospitalized with food poisoning soon after eating lunch.
• Spoiled meat, which was prepared as part of the meal, is suspected to be the cause of the poisoning. Five people are in custody.
• Haiti. October 21st: At least 40 people have died in the northern and eastern parts of Haiti as a result of a diarrhea outbreak. More than 200 people have been suffering from diarrhea, the source of which is not yet known.

Outbreaks and Alerts: October 5, 2010

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United States

• Lane County, OR. October 4th: A health advisory prompted by high algae levels found in Dorena Reservoir has been lifted.
• Roseville, CA. October 4th: Seven people were hospitalized after food served at a wedding reception sickened at least 30 guests.
• Lane County and Coos County, OR. October 5th: Health advisories prompted by high algae levels found in Blue Water Reservoir and Sru Lake have been lifted.

Europe

• UK. October 4th: Nearly 300 vacationers who were infected with Shigella after staying at the Royal Park Hotel in Bulgaria have begun legal action. The outbreak of gastroenteritis took place between June and October 2008.
• Dublin, Ireland. October 5th: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland reports that four Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during September 2010.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. September 28th: The Saudi FDA has become a member of the European Rapid Alert System for Food & Feed (RASFF) and of the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN).
• Hong Kong. October 5th: The Centre for Health Protection is investigating two clusters of suspected food poisoning involving 11 people. The individuals became ill after consuming food in a restaurant in Tsuen Wan.
• Papua New Guinea. October 5th: Four cases of cholera have been confirmed in the Yangorus district of East Sepik.
• Bangalore, India. October 5th: A third Royal Bengal tiger has died in a south Indian zoo after becoming infected with Salmonella. It is thought that the tigers were infected after consuming contaminated chicken or beef.

Australia and New Zealand

• Wellington, New Zealand. October 5th: The New Zealand Food Safety Authority reminds the public that whitebait, fish and shellfish taken from sewage-contaminated rivers in the Canterbury area can cause serious illness. Refusal of whitebaiters to comply with warnings risks the prospect of significant fines or even prison sentences.

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Jamaica. October 1st: The Ministry of Health advises the public to treat water intended for consumption by bleach or boiling, as the water may become contaminated after heavy rainfall and flooding.

Outbreaks and Alerts: September 22, 2010

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United States

• Charleston, WV. September 14th: Two Kanawha County elementary schooles have been linked to an outbreak of shigellosis. Two county residents were hospitalized and an additional 15 people – mostly children – were diagnosed with the gastrointestinal infection, after complaining of diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps and vomiting. The illness is transmitted through direct or indirect contact with contaminated fecal material. Anyone who is caring for individuals suffering from shigellosis should take meticulous precautions to wash and disinfect anything (including their hands, bedclothes, utensils, etc.) that might have come into contact with the victim.
• Dickson County, TN. September 16th: A student at Oakmont Elementary School in Dickson County was infected with Shigella and transmitted the infection to her mother, who is now in serious condition and is quarantined in hospital.
• Olympia, WA. September 20th: Residents in Burbank Irrigation District 4 (Walla Walla County) are being advised to drink bottled water, because a significant maintenance project will cause the district to rely on a well with nitrate levels that exceed safe drinking water standards. The project and its associated advisory is expected to last about four weeks.
• Macomb County, MI. September 21st: Baypoint Beach at Stony Creek Metropark has been closed to public swimming due to high levels of E. coli in the water.

Europe

• England and Scotland, UK. September 21st: Health Protection Agency reports that the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Bareilly infections in England has grown to 68, including 19 cases in the North West of England. Scotland has confirmed 15 cases. Routine testing of salad produced by two wholesalers has identified Group C Salmonella (Salmonella Bareilly belongs to Group C) on some raw bean sprout samples. It has not yet been established, however, whether or not bean sprouts are the source of the outbreak.
• Gorki, Russia. September 21st: Gennady Onishchenko, the chief sanitary inspector of the Russian Federation told a conference on financial stability that the quality of food products in Russia has improved. Onishchenko also pointed to the need to modernize baby food production and to harmonize product quality standards with those of the European Union.
• Szekesfehervar, Hungary. September 22nd: A Salmonella outbreak in 16 nurseries and primary schools in has sickened 181 children since September 8th, according to local health authorities. All of the schools were served by the same central kitchen, and three kitchen staff also have tested positive for Salmonella.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Hyderabad, India. September 20th: Around 50 doctors from the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad fell sick from food poisoning after consuming tainted sandwiches. The doctors, who had assembled for a continuing education program in gynecology, apparently ate snacks from a bakery. The eatables were purchased from Mac Allen Bakery at Padmarao Nagar.

Australia and New Zealand

• Freemantle, Australia. September 22th: Norovirus has infected 18 people at Freemantle Hospital in Western Australia, forcing the closure of 15 beds.

Outbreaks and Alerts: September 15, 2010

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United States

• Norton, KS. September 11th: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment rescinded the boil water advisory for the City of Norton, after lab testing on samples collected indicated no evidence of contamination.
• San Diego County, CA. September 14th: The County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health has issued a Boil Water Order and Public Notification for the Wynola Water District (Julian), because the drinking water system has tested positive for the presence of total coliform bacteria (and absent for E. coli). The Boil Water Order will remain in effect until the distribution system has been disinfected and additional samples confirm the absence of bacteria in the water supply.

Europe

• United Kingdom. September 15th: Research by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed that over half the cleaning cloths used in restaurant and take-away kitchens were found to contain unsatisfactory levels of bacteria which are a sign of poor hygiene and cross contamination. The research team sampled 133 cloths, from 120 establishments in the North east of England, and found that 56 per cent contained unacceptable levels of bacteria. The most common of which were Enterobacteriaceae (found on 86 cloths), E. coli (21 cloths), Staphylococcus aureus (six cloths) and Listeria (five cloths).
• Ulyanovsk, Russia. September 15th: Thirteen children (age 4 to 6 years) who attend a nursery in the village of October Cherdaklinskogo fell ill recently with vomiting and fever. They were taken to hospital, where they were diagnosed with an intestinal infection. Two remain hospitalized. Based on preliminary investigation, the source of the infection is suspected to be either kefir or watermelon, both of which were on the kindergarten menu that day.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Mascara, Algeria. September 11th: Six members of one family were admitted to hospital on September 7th complaining of vomiting and acute diarrhea. One of the victims – a 30-year old woman – died at home after leaving the hospital in the company of another family member on September 10th. An autopsy has been ordered. Three people, including two children, remain under medical observation.
• Sidi Brahim, Algeria. September 14th: A flock of 8,500 broiler chickens was ordered slaughtered after lab analysis determined that the flock was infected with Salmonella Enteritidis. Steps have been taken to disinfect the equipment and transport vehicles which came into contact with the infected chickens.
• Taiwan. September 14th (update): Taiwan Centers for Disease Control reports an imported outbreak of shigellosis. A life insurance company invited 140 members of the company to Siem Reap, Cambodia, during 3-7 Sep 2010. Upon the group's return through Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan, on 7 Sep 2010, quarantine officers found 7 members with fever and diarrhea. The earliest onset of symptoms was on 6 Sep 2010. Rectal swabs were taken from 7 persons. On 10 Sep 2010, 4 were confirmed to be infected with Shigella flexneri. Contact tracing of all members of the tour group found an additional 51 persons with symptoms.
• Taiwan. September 15th: In April, 113 agricultural products were randomly sampled and tested in the first testing, of which 102 were found in compliance with relevant regulations (qualified rate 90.3%). The agricultural products that failed the tests included: water spinach (2), cucumber (1), egg plant (2), bell pepper (1), tomato (1), snap bean (2), kidney bean (1), and cucumis sativus (1).
• Harare, Zimbabwe. September 15th: A fresh outbreak of cholera has killed one person and infected four others in Chiredzi town, some 300 kilometers north of Zimbabwe's border with South Africa.

Australia and New Zealand

• Canterbury, NZ. September 15th: The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is warning cafés, restaurants and whitebaiters that food taken from sewage-contaminated rivers and estuaries could cause serious illness. The Heathcote, Avon, Halswell and Stxy Rivers are probably contaminated with sewage, according to the warning.

Outbreaks and Alerts: August 11, 2010

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United States

• Lane County, OR. August 11: A health advisory prompted by high algae levels found in Dexter Reservoir located 22 miles southeast of Eugene, was issued after water monitoring confirmed the presence of the toxic blue-green algae. Swallowing or inhaling water droplets should be avoided, as well as skin contact with water by humans or animals. Drinking water from Dexter Reservoir is especially dangerous, and Oregon Public Health officials advise campers and other Dexter Reservoir visitors that toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating the water with camping style filters. People who draw in-home water directly from Dexter Reservoir are advised to use an alternative water source because private treatment systems are not proven effective in removing algae toxins.
• Broward County, FL. August 11: Broward County has reported 81 cases of shigellosis so far this year, nearly twice the figure of 43 cases seen in this same time last year. Statewide, 368 cases were reported by June, compared with 277 from January to June 2009.

Europe

• Andalusia, Spain. August 11: Thirty-three out of 106 children attending a summer camp at the Villa Turística de Priego suffered a mild outbreak of gastroenteritis. The outbreak victims, who were all between 14 and 17 years of age, recovered fully in 24-48 hours.

Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands

• Siliguri, India. August 11: Three minors, aged between four and six years, died of suspected food poisoning in Siliguri, located in West Bengal's remote northern area.

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Barrio Campo Papa, Argentina. August 11: Twenty-eight residents of La Isla, an area within Barrio Campo Papa, were poisoned by eating pork sausages that had been produced in a butcher shop using meat from illegally slaughtered animals. Symptoms are consistent with trichinosis, a disease which is caused by Trichinella, a parasitic worm commonly found in swine. Trichinella can be killed by freezing or cooking the pork meat.